If you’ve ever wondered how some objects are sculpted or shaped, it often involves 3D printing. 3D printing is used in many industries in the manufacturing process for all kinds of products. Buying a ...

3D printers have come a long way since the early days of RepRap and DIY hacker culture. First they flew to great heights with companies like MakerBot and Formlabs, which aimed to create a prosumer ...

It’s been around for more than 30 years — 3D printing began in 1984 when Chuck Hull filed for a patent on additive manufacturing (the technical name for 3D printing). For the subsequent 20 years, the ...

A 3D-printed 'brain phantom' has been developed, which is modeled on the structure of brain fibers and can be imaged using a special variant of magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI). The scientific team ...

Early 3D printers usually had a microswitch that let you know when the Z axis was at the zero point. There was usually an adjustment screw so you could tune for just the right layer height. But these ...